i think iowans have been excited to hear from the governor. he has been teasing a run for quite some time and seen as possibly the best chance to take on donald trump for those who are looking for something new. so there is a lot of energy at his announcement last night. people are looking to see whether he can live up to the hype going forward and whether he can commit to being the best challenger to donald trump. dana: he is very much the underdoing in this situation. the poll showing who do people think is the strongest republican candidate against biden? these are registered voters on the republican party. trump 45% and then another republican at 13% and then asking if it came down between trump and desantis who would you choose, trump 56% and desantis at 35%. so can desantis put a dent into trump s considerable lead here this week? it s very clear that the
job handling the economy when he was president than biden. then there is this comic trumpet beats and biden in a head-to-head rematch in 2024 according to this poll 44 38%. florida governor desantis with the republican nominee 42% said they would vote for him versus 37% provided to trump or desantis beats biden. then there s the question of the president the president went to church last night here he is 63% the oldest president in u.s. history does not have a mental sharpness to serve effectively as president. 62% say biden is not in good enough physical health to be an effective leader. back to the debt sugg republican senator mike lee says he now has 43 gop votes against raising the debt limit without the spending cuts pretty spoke earlier and spent sunday morning futures . this would bring about a massive period of economic growth if we pass this because there be fewer regulations
this race. 250 people packed the church last night in support of you and your new race of $500,000 since last night. he seems you still have your backing there. thanks so much for coming on and explaining what has been going on. herschel walker thank you best of luck. thank you now and god bless. may well still ahead on this show, five my bus is coming to new york this morning as governor calls for federal assistance. but our next guest is a texas congress roman who says her status for dealing with what migrates. with no help at all. coming up next.
and they say because he s still being held at the police department. they have yet to have that search warrant for his home and haven t transported him to the local county jail. so at this point, they have not released his name, but we should learn the name of the suspect sometime later today is the police department s estimate. this is something that happened in a suburb of birmingham, and in an area that a lot of people weren t expecting to see yet another shooting. and we spoke with u.s. former senator doug jones, former senator for the state of alabama, and he lived just down the street from the church, and he talks about why this was so shocking for him to learn about this last night. take a listen. this area has car burglaries and home burglaries, those kind of things, but not the kind of violence we have seen at this church last night. i think it is probably shaken the community. i hope it shakes them into action. reporter: and, boris, what we re hearing from people at
and we will have a special programme bringing you the result, starting at 1730 gmt. join us for that as france decides. the us secretary of state antony blinken is due to visit kyiv today. there are renewed calls for peace talks with ukraine s president again asking to meet with vladimir putin. the united nations is also stepping up its efforts at diplomacy with visits to moscow and kyiv this week. it s easter sunday in ukraine with people reflecting on the war which today enters its third month as danjohnson reports from lviv. vladimir putin may have been to church last night to mark the orthodox christian celebration. but he won t convince ukrainians he s a man of peace. their easter is about a resurgent defence of their country. rising again in resistance